- The oldest and most prestigious Italian Academic film journal.
- Published by the famous Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
- The absolute standard for film history, theory, and archiving.
- No issues from October 1943 to September 1947. In October 1947 a "Nuova Serie" started with V1, #1 but in March 1948 the old numbering resumed with Vol 9 #1.
- Issues from 1990 to 1997 were monographs.
- Called "B/N" since 2003.